RELICS OF AN INDIAN HUNTING GROUND. 



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V\iX. 51 is a closi'-yraiiied saiulstoiie, and was both liaiimicr aiul polisli- 

 iii>i' stone. The iiiai<iin is quite rough and indented from its use as a 

 haniuier — a use also indieated l»y the presenceof a shaHow i)it near the 

 eenter of one side. Almost the entire surfaee of one side, the one shown 

 in the illustration, is very smooth. It bears unmistakable evidence of 

 having- been so Avorn alter the ]>it had been pecked. The stone is 



UAMAiF.its.— (Half-size.) 



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(50) Quartzite: Length, 4 J ins. ; width, 3J ins. ; thickness, 1| ins. ; weight, L\ ll)s. 

 (51; Qiiartzite: Len«;tli, '3h ins.; thickness, 2 ins. ; width, Sj- ins. ; wei<^ht, H lbs. 

 (52) Sandstone: l.en,<;th, 2.1 ins.; width. 1.1 ins.; thickness, 1 i. ins.; weijiht, i lb. 



hemi spherical, and when held in the hand is found to be well ada])ted 

 for i>olishing' pui|»oses — a use alsoliicely tolmve been suggested by tiie 

 giit of the stone. It is a type common along tlic Susquelianna. N ery 

 lew hammers have been collected in this region. 



Fig. Hl' is a Avater-worn o\al jx'bble sonxiwhat battered at one end. 

 A'ery rough notclies haxc been pecked into the opi>osit(^ sides to provide 

 for the attachment of a handle, incident to some subse(pu'nt use of 

 th(i stone. It was fouml hall" a mile from the CcmIoius, near a spring, 

 in a field plentifully strewn with "chii>s.''' Was it a "pogga nioggon" 

 stone? 



